linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] signalfd: fix interaction with posix-timers

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Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:03:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@....net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] signalfd: fix interaction with posix-timers

This only affects signalfd and so the core change seems ok vs status quo.

I think it would be better overall not to have anyone like signalfd calling
dequeue_signal in its current form at all.  (The function is too much an
internal piece of the core signals code.  The SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED code
applying for signalfd calls is probably another problem, for example.)

Thanks,
Roland
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